Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The madeit shop is now in vacation mode! I have a few orders to finish for family and friends, and then i'll be in vacation mode! Tim (the hubby), he'll be in vacation mode from Thursday afternoon, and the kids cant wait! Jack cant wait for snow, so we are going to make snowcones (not much chance of snow on Christmas Day in Newcastle, rain highly likely though, according to the weatherman!)

There's a good chance the adults might enjoy a snowcone or 2 as well on Christmas Day, ours might contain a bit of vodka and marguerita mix though...

So the family will be relaxing, eating, drinking and playing! We will be at the beach surfing and at the lake skiing, Tim will go fishing and we'll bbq sausages for tea! We have got 3 weeks together to just have fun...

Jayden and Jack will try to remember that they are NOT a part of the WWF team, hopefully we can have a no wrestling policy, I wont hold my breath though!

Merry Christmas to you all, I hope you have an amazing time with your families!

Friday, December 17, 2010

Tonight we had Jack and Hannah's first preschool concert, it was sooo cute!

I dont know why, but I was amazed by Jack who knew all the steps and followed and kept up, he refuses to dance at home and is easily embarrassed! But he did great, and he knew it too, (he kept giving us the thumbs up)! Hannah has been so excited about the concert, she doesn't mind a bit of spotlight!

All the kids did so well, and they had so much fun, especially when Santa came.

Hannah wanted her photo taken with Santa, Jack really didn't, but decided since Hannah wasn't scared he would go too!

They both came back with lollies and orange juice, Jack so pleased to have sat on Santas knee,

Hannah, tickled pink with the lollies and orange juice, informed me

"mum, it's not really Santa Clause, it's actually JUST a Person"

in between rasing her eyebrows, and rolling her eyes that we considered her silly enough to not work out that this Santa, was actually NOT the real Santa, I lamely offered that maybe he was one of Santa's helpers,

We had Christmas Carols at my Nan's nursing home on Sunday night, and the kids were so excited because Santa was coming! Santa arrived with a roar and a trail of smoke on a harley! He was wearing his summer suit, it was a bit warmer in Newcastle than the North Pole!

Santa handed out lollies and presents, and posed for photos, the kids loved it!

They were a little concerned however when this Ocker aussie bloke wearing a black AC/DC tsirt, black jeans and workboots rode off on Santa's Harley!

Saturday, December 11, 2010

There's not much chance of a White Christmas here in Newcastle, but we are loving these beautiful summer days spent at the beach! Jack and Jayden look great on the beach in their beach boy boardies, very groovy!

This is where you'll find us for most of the Chrissy Holidays, hanging out at the beach with family and friends and a great big bottle of sunscreen!

This is Hannah's favourite skirt at the moment and she wears it every where! She's also pretty pleased that at 4 her hair has finally decided to grow, she spends ages looking at herself in the mirror brushing her long hair!

If your daughter would love a skirt like Hannah's they're available in my madeit store

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

I have given the blog a Christmas Makeover, I am beginning to feel all festive!

Not long now and Santa will be on his way, the kids are so excited, and maybe me too!

Jack was telling me yesterday how excited he is, he asks me everyday if its Christmas yet?

But the part he cant wait for is noe (snow), he's never seen it before, and unfortunately, unless there is a truly amazing Christmas miracle, its not likely to happen in our neck of the woods on Christmas Day!

Sunday, December 5, 2010

I was just going through photos and found this one of Hannah, she was about 18mths old and had been exploring the backyard. I remember taking this photo because she was always getting dirty and didn't seem too girly....

She definately didn't grow into the tomboy I thought she may have, she is the girliest girl, the most precious princess!

And Hannah (and Jack and Jayden) have always worn handmade pyjamas! Their Nan makes them pyjamas for every spring/summer and autumn/winter.

Hannah has almost loved the pyjamams I made on friday to death already! She spent Saturday running around a caravan park in them, and could not convince her she needed to get dressed! (we did manage to convince her she couldnt swim in them!).

I am sharing this photo of Jack that I took the other day, its sooo sweet!

Weekends Over! Christmas is getting closer, i'll never be ready in time!!!!!!!!

Hopefully all your presents are bought and wrapped, and all you need to do is enjoy!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Its taken us 3 days of moving furniture and sorting through toys to get the Christmas tree up!

The whiz bin is full of broken toys, and McDonalds toys! The front verandah is full of bags with fisher price toys, little people cars, tickle me elmo and chicken dance elmo! There's lots of musical instruments, I almost cried when we decided it was time for these to go....

But we made room for the Christmas Tree, and all the new toys Santa is going to bring us!

Hannah looked after the bottom of the tree. Jack, in between dreaming of what more he could he add to his Santa list, decorated the back of the tree!

We usually try and get a family shot under the christmas tree each year, but so far this is as good as it gets!

Might try again tomorrow.... maybe! This shot was taken about 30 seconds before Hannah was face planted into the floor by Jayden, as they were all trying to get away from Mum's camera!

I dont get it! What could possibly be wrong with living your life under the constant scrutiny of my camera!!!﻿